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sudden death

noun

Sports.
  1. an overtime period in which a tied contest is won and play is stopped immediately after one of the contestants scores, as in football, or goes ahead, as in golf.



sudden death

noun

  1. (in sports, etc) an extra game or contest to decide the winner of a tied competition

  2. an unexpected or quick death

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Other 51Թ Forms

  • sudden-death adjective
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of sudden death1

First recorded in 1825–35
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Epstein's sudden death aged 66 in a jail cell inside New York's Metropolitan Correctional Center in 2019 has been a strong source of conspiracy theories for years.

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Later that year, the sudden death of her father Konstantin – who was also her coach - contributed to her falling out of love with tennis.

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But she was stopped in her tracks a couple of months later after the sudden death of her father Konstantin, who was also her coach, just before the US Open.

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After his grandmother’s sudden death, Carlitos crosses the border alone in search of his mother, piecing together details of her whereabouts from their past routine phone calls.

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A man has been charged with murder following the sudden death of 36-year-old Christian Dean.

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